Stealing ideas? The Wizard of Oz was taken from a book. The 'original' was stolen. And it's not like they're removing guns and replacing them with radios, ala Spielberg here. This is a genuinely 'new' story.

This isn't touching a classic. Hell, it's not even expounding on it.

This is a freakin' cool idea and has been put in the hands of some very qualified people (both the director and the actors).

To not make this movie just because the first one was great is nuts. This appears to be a very good movie in its own right.

I'll probably go see it.

I just want to stick up for Spielberg. He's gone on the record saying he regrets doing that, and the Blu-Ray that was recently released is the original theatrical cut, not digital enhancements, no CGI added.

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For myself, I tried [changing a film] once and lived to regret it. Not because of fan outrage, but because I was disappointed in myself. I got overly sensitive to [some of the reaction] to E.T., and I thought if technology evolved, [I might go in and change some things]…it was OK for a while, but I realized what I had done was I had robbed people who loved E.T. of their memories of E.T. [...] If I put just one cut of E.T. on Blu-ray and it was the 1982, would anyone object to that? [The crowd yells "NO!" in unison.] OK, so be it.

We're not talking about the diabolical evil of Lucas making Greedo shoot first. We're talking about a guy who got caught up in the moment and made a mistake.

I just want to stick up for Spielberg. He's gone on the record saying he regrets doing that, and the Blu-Ray that was recently released is the original theatrical cut, not digital enhancements, no CGI added.

We're not talking about the diabolical evil of Lucas making Greedo shoot first. We're talking about a guy who got caught up in the moment and made a mistake.

I just have no idea what you guys are talking about but it seems like you mean it.

I just want to stick up for Spielberg. He's gone on the record saying he regrets doing that, and the Blu-Ray that was recently released is the original theatrical cut, not digital enhancements, no CGI added.

We're not talking about the diabolical evil of Lucas making Greedo shoot first. We're talking about a guy who got caught up in the moment and made a mistake.

Just watched it today with the kids. It was pretty good. I thought Raimi would water down his style, but was pleasantly surprised how much of a true Raimi movie it was. It had a few intense scenes that would scare younger children.

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Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning:

Matt once made a very nice play in Seattle where he spun away from a pass rusher and hit Bowe off his back foot for a first down.

We saw it this afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it. One thing to consider if you see it (or any movie) in 3D; sit back farther from the screen than you normally would. I think the 3D effect is better than if you sit too close to the screen.

(FTR, I'm someone who likes to sit in the lower third of a theater because I like for a screen to fill my entire field of vision, but in a 3D movie you lose some of the effect because of your eyes moving around.)

We saw it this afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it. One thing to consider if you see it (or any movie) in 3D; sit back farther from the screen than you normally would. I think the 3D effect is better than if you sit too close to the screen.

(FTR, I'm someone who likes to sit in the lower third of a theater because I like for a screen to fill my entire field of vision, but in a 3D movie you lose some of the effect because of your eyes moving around.)

We didn't see it in 3D because I have grown to hate 3D. But this would have been a fun movie to see in that format. Good movie, better than I expected.

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Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning:

Matt once made a very nice play in Seattle where he spun away from a pass rusher and hit Bowe off his back foot for a first down.